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== Semi-protected edit request on 3 August 2022 (2) == == Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2023burma ==
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I do not know how to correct it. I just wanted to tell someone that the Burmese characters are not showing up. Just empty boxes. I think Burmese is in the Unicode font system, and there must be a way to code it to show properly to ALL browsers.


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Here is a clip of the sentence where I see empty square boxes from "Burmese:" to "; pronounced"
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:] '''Not done:''' it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a ] and provide a ] if appropriate.<!-- Template:ESp --> --] (]) 20:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
All the other characters are showing properly in Chrome browser. Not sure what is broken on this page, but wanted to tell someone. Thank you.


== Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2023 ==
"Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စု သမ္မတ မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်; pronounced " ] (]) 14:49, 3 August 2022 (UTC)
:This appears to be an issue with your browser. I'm not seeing any issues with multiple browsers on multiple devices. ] (]) 15:26, 3 August 2022 (UTC)


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Please delete the reference to Myanmar in the second sentence as the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia. Both Thailand and Vietnam are larger in terms of geographic size and population size.


== Myanmar /en.wikipedia.org/Myanmar ==
The first sentence could just read: "Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia with a population of about 54 million as of 2017." ] (]) 11:04, 25 October 2022 (UTC)


Global edit find Pagan replace Bagan. ] (]) 19:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
:{{ping|Openburma}} Are Thailand and Vietnam larger than Myanmar by area? The figures listed in the articles for the countries indicate that Myanmar is larger than both. Do you believe those figures are incorrect? ] (] / ] / ]) 05:58, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
*{{notdone}} Openburma is partly correct in that Vietnam and Thailand are more populous. But Myanmar is the largest by area and that's what our article says. --] <small>(])</small> 15:07, 27 October 2022 (UTC) :{{notdone}} Both terms exist and have their own Wikipages: ] and ]. Can be done only on a case-by-case basis after a careful read. ] (]) 05:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC)


== Kingdom of Ava missing under 'Formation' ==
== Semi-protected edit request on 4 March 2023 ==
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I would like to add the following information to the Political Culture section of the Misplaced Pages page:


The Kingdom of Ava is missing in the history section between Pagan and Taungoo Era. https://en.wikipedia.org/Kingdom_of_Ava ] (]) 02:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
On February 1, 2021, military rule was seized again, returning the power to an authoritarian system and reversing the transition to democracy that Myanmar had seen since 2010. The country can be classified as either a closed autocracy or an electoral autocracy depending on the elections that the military is planning to hold in 2024. The military establishment plans to hold elections as a way to transition the country out of post-coup conflict and to consolidate their political dominance. However, the junta has enacted laws in preparation for these elections that restrict the voting power of the citizens. These laws include: requiring voting political parties to register at least 100,000 members within three months of registration and banning parties that are declared “terrorist,” by the military, which represents any of their opponents.
Additionally, the military rule has extended to local levels. Officials in central-level departments and local administrations were replaced with bureaucrats appointed by the military. Additionally, officials of villages and wards, which were previously elected by citizens, are now chosen by military-appointed township councils.


:{{not done}},Please provide a source ] (]) (]) 20:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)
The Freedom House rating for democracy scores Myanmar at 9/60 in 2022, with a score of 0/40 for political rights and 9/60 for civil liberties. This exhibits a decline from 2021, where Freedom House scored Myanmar at 13/40 for political rights and 15/60 for civil liberties. ] (]) 01:23, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
* No citations to ], ] sources have been provided to support this passage. Further, the passage is speculative to a degree. Please re-word and find reliable sources. Thank you, --] (]) 01:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)


== Rhoticity of English pronunciation of "Myanmar"/"Burma" ==
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The "Etymology" section would benefit from a reference to the article ]
== Lead section readability and relevance ==


Please change "non-rhotic variety of English" to "]" ] (]) 22:27, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
The lead section currently has four paragraphs, none of which are short. However, approximately one-third to one-half of the material in those four paragraphs is detailed explanations of relatively distant history.
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::I appreciate it! ] (]) 20:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)


== Rohingya genocide ==
I propose to modify the lead section in the following way:


I noticed that the history section largely jumps from 2016 to 2020 without mentioning the Rohingya persecution in 2017, which seems a notable event that got a lot of international attention, at a minimum resulted in mass migration, etc. Is there a reason it wouldn't be appropriate to mention here? -] (]) 08:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
1. Keep the current first paragraph as is.

2. Move the current fourth paragraph to be directly after the first one.

3. Transfer the current second paragraph, along with approximately the first half of the current third paragraph, into the History section.

4. ... which leaves the second half of the current third paragraph as the ending of the lead section.


It's not ideal, but I think it would be an improvement. In my opinion, the current amount of detail about old history doesn't belong in the lead section. ] (]) 15:26, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

:The history is certainly excessive and should be collapsed into one shorter paragraph, and the lead in general is a bit lengthy. Generally history is the second paragraph, and the last paragraph contains the details on the foreign relations. Perhaps the fourth paragraph can be split rather than being completely shifted. ] (]) 01:53, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

== Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2023burma ==

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:Further comment: I do see that the topic is presented within Government and politics> Human rights and internal conflicts> Genocide allegations and crimes against Rohingya people.
:{{esp|xy}} --] (]) 20:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
:Given the international attention, demographic changes to the country, refugee crisis, etc., I am not sure it doesn't belong in "history" too.
:However, even within the aforementioned section, the "2013 onwards" seems to have minimal commentary on the 2016-2017 period. At the beginning of the genocide allegations section, there is a "see also" link to "2016–17 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar" (which is not the current name of the linked article - I'd think we should link to the current name regardless rather than engaging in a separate debate) but those events aren't really mentioned much in the "2013 onwards" section of this article.
:I think there could be some improvement here. -] (]) 08:46, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
::@] I fully agree with everything said here. The genocide of the Rohingya is far too notable and significant to be confined to only one small section of this article. I also noticed that the topic of Rohingya refugees is mentioned in Demographics> Ethnic groups, but it had no word of refugees past 1991. To rectify this, I added this sentence: "Since August 2017, an estimated 23,000-43,700 Rohingya have been killed in the ongoing ], and another 730,000 have fled to Bangladesh.", with three added sources. (Hopefully it doesn't get reverted by some genocide denier, ugh.) Regarding your concern about the "see also" link, it appears as though someone thankfully changed it to "Rohingya genocide" to match the page title (unless you're the one who did that, in which case nice!!) Thank you for pointing all this out, by the way - it's really important stuff. ] (]) 11:39, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2023burma

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 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. --AntiDionysius (talk) 20:57, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 December 2023

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 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 11:29, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Myanmar /en.wikipedia.org/Myanmar

Global edit find Pagan replace Bagan. WaTaAng (talk) 19:35, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Both terms exist and have their own Wikipages: Bagan and Pagan Kingdom. Can be done only on a case-by-case basis after a careful read. Rasnaboy (talk) 05:18, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Kingdom of Ava missing under 'Formation'

The Kingdom of Ava is missing in the history section between Pagan and Taungoo Era. https://en.wikipedia.org/Kingdom_of_Ava 77.187.165.0 (talk) 02:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done,Please provide a source UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 20:49, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Rhoticity of English pronunciation of "Myanmar"/"Burma"

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The "Etymology" section would benefit from a reference to the article Rhoticity in English

Please change "non-rhotic variety of English" to "non-rhotic variety of English" Troglodv (talk) 22:27, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

 Done Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 05:46, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
I appreciate it! Troglodv (talk) 20:50, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Rohingya genocide

I noticed that the history section largely jumps from 2016 to 2020 without mentioning the Rohingya persecution in 2017, which seems a notable event that got a lot of international attention, at a minimum resulted in mass migration, etc. Is there a reason it wouldn't be appropriate to mention here? -KaJunl (talk) 08:32, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Further comment: I do see that the topic is presented within Government and politics> Human rights and internal conflicts> Genocide allegations and crimes against Rohingya people.
Given the international attention, demographic changes to the country, refugee crisis, etc., I am not sure it doesn't belong in "history" too.
However, even within the aforementioned section, the "2013 onwards" seems to have minimal commentary on the 2016-2017 period. At the beginning of the genocide allegations section, there is a "see also" link to "2016–17 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar" (which is not the current name of the linked article - I'd think we should link to the current name regardless rather than engaging in a separate debate) but those events aren't really mentioned much in the "2013 onwards" section of this article.
I think there could be some improvement here. -KaJunl (talk) 08:46, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
@KaJunl I fully agree with everything said here. The genocide of the Rohingya is far too notable and significant to be confined to only one small section of this article. I also noticed that the topic of Rohingya refugees is mentioned in Demographics> Ethnic groups, but it had no word of refugees past 1991. To rectify this, I added this sentence: "Since August 2017, an estimated 23,000-43,700 Rohingya have been killed in the ongoing Rohingya genocide, and another 730,000 have fled to Bangladesh.", with three added sources. (Hopefully it doesn't get reverted by some genocide denier, ugh.) Regarding your concern about the "see also" link, it appears as though someone thankfully changed it to "Rohingya genocide" to match the page title (unless you're the one who did that, in which case nice!!) Thank you for pointing all this out, by the way - it's really important stuff. Iamextremelygayokay (talk) 11:39, 30 October 2024 (UTC)
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